Kickapoo from Shine by Mr. Blink

Kickapoo - Mike Caucutt


It goes here and it goes there - this river is the real Old Man
Got a crooked smile for every crooked mile
Ends up in the Wisconsin
It goes this way and it goes that - got a bend around every turn
Survived big ice and big ideas – get a paddle and a little sun burn
But when the dark sky opens – and the water hits the land
This river rises faster than a liar from the stand

Kickapoo – Kickapoo – Tell me what to do
Can’t stop the rain from falling into you
Can’t all live up stream – Can’t all give up dreams
Everyone has their own point of view – Kickapoo

The Corps of Engineers – tried for many years
To build a dam to control the Kickapoo
They said wait and see – you’ll have water front property
It’ll be a supersonic economic boom
149 farms were taken – a community was shaken
And they never did what they said they were going to do

Kickapoo – Kickapoo – Tell me what to do - Can’t stop the rain from falling into you
Taking family farms for progress and 19 million dollars
and the dream of a lake did not come true – Kickapoo

Now 100 year floods are coming twice year
And you never ever hear from the Corps of Engineers
The river still goes up, towns get flooded out
Did we burn too much oil for too many years?
Now the river is reserved for plants and friends and birds
And part to the Ho Chunk First nation
It is what it is – back to the way it was
But look out for those thunder cloud formations

Kickapoo – Kickapoo – Tell me what to do - Can’t stop the rain from falling into you
Don’t need an impact statement when there’s water in my basement
Tell me how many more will have to move?

Kickapoo – Kickapoo – Tell me what to do - Can’t stop the rain from falling into you
Let Mother take ya – back to a place of nature
Maybe all will be forgiven if we do – Kickapoo

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